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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-12-29
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Hands mud Honschold work.

Household work and neat hands are
not as incompatible as they seem, If every
means possible is used for the protection
of the hands. Twill not say pretty hands,
ccausc work must enlarge the Joints,
thickcn, and rs one grows older, mar
the shape; but with little trouble a
working hand may be Kept soft and
white, with regular, smooth nails. First,
there are rubber gauntlcts, costing a
moderate price. They can be worn
while washing dishes, dusting and
sweeping, and in doing any work that
will not cut the rubber. An old pair of
buCkskin gloves, with plenty of news
paper, will keep the hands spotlcss in
trimming and cleaning lamps, and free
from the lampblack. SO permeatng and
hard To remove.
In short, the rule must he: Whatever
can be done with gloves, must never bc
done without them. When work is done,
wash the hands in tcpid water, pressing
the skin back at the base OF the nail with
the towel ms you wipe them. Pour in the
palm few drops OF glyccrinc, rub well
together and wipe dry II sticky, pow
der lightly with starch At night
onoint well with glyccrinc, and sleep in
gloves, or powder tmckly with starch,
which will whitcn. as we'll as prevent
soiling the Ecl clothes - GOJi House
( ej,iHy.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-12-29
PERSONAL

PRoWBTTIoNIsr ST. Johns wife n making
tee,otal spcc,hc i'm Kentucky.
EN-SENAroR Henry O.. Davis, OF West
Virginia, is worth S3O,OoO,O1l.
ENrLoRER GWrELN does not bolieve that
the North Polo will ever bo reached except
Ivy balloon.
BUEr HARrE is making about $4,000 per
year writing Tor the Scotch and English
periodicals
TuE immensely wealthy Baroness Bur,lctt
Coutts has just received a bcquest OF 5000,
OOJ from a relative.
TuE fund as testimonial TO Edward Bur.
gees, designer OF the Volunteer, has in ,reased
70 more tdan SlO,ON.
GRAND DUKE PAUL. OF Russia, Il is said,
Will command a corps of scouts one thousand
an numbar mounted ON bicycles.
CONGRESSMAN FARQUHAR was n tyre.
settor and tho first President OF tho first
Typographical Union in the United States
PAUL MoRroN, of the Chicago. Burlington
and Quincy Railroad, is credited with being
tho youngest general passenger agent in tho
country. lie is thirty years old
CLAUS SrRECKLEs, of san Francisco, Is the
sugar king of the world. He has millions
upon millions i'm sugar plantations and hi
sugar revenue has been as high es $4,000 a
day.
Hon. JouN MCSHANE, OF Omaha, enjoys
the distinction of being the only Democratic
~.
Is millionaire now, but in 1871 was n COW
boy
JUDGE ALPHoNso TAFT, ex-Attornoy- zen
eral, Is still engaged in the active practice OF
law in spite OF hIs advanced age Ho IL ona
OF tho advisory counsel in tho Fidelity
Bank cases at Cincinnati.
EN-MINIsTER TAYLOR the colorcd din, o.
mat who recently returned from Liberia, is
in Washington obtaining subscriptions for a
Democratic newspaper for the negro rnce,
which ho Is about To publish.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND once compiled the
American Herd Book and received 500 for
the service For n time he managed "A hotel
He is said to bo worth $4,000, much OF
which is invested i'm real estate that is rapid
~ increasing in value.
GEoRGE WEST, now millionaire Con.
! gresham fIom New York was a Journey,
man paper maker i'm tho times when paper
| was mado 10y the old fashioned hand proc AZ
| He recently bought tho mill In ENGLAND
| where lac learned his trade.
JUSTICE FIELD, OF the United States Su.
( preme Court, was intended for the missionary
| service. His sister Emilia took him "a
| Smyrna when thirteen years old, to have
him learn the Oriental languages, aud he
| spent eleven years there i'm study
SENATOR DANIEL, who succeeded Malone
/ I'm the United States Senate, from virginia in
IA man OF medium height and fine, clean cut
| features He was Confederate soldier and
| was desperately wounded at Gettysburg lie
/ was born at Lynchburg whore he still lives
| Van Buren appointed his father TO the
| Supreme Bench.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-12-29

Tho Moravi lns have sott ements not
only in Germany but also in England,
Switzerland and America. They hold
nearly all the doctrines of Luther.
Their largest settlement, Herrnhut, is
in SaXOnY, and the Moravians i'm many
parts of Germany bear the namo of
Hcrrnhuters In each community there
arc two houses set apart one for tho
unmarried men, called the Brothers
hO So, and the other for al uumar-
ried sisters or widows who wish TO en-
ter 10. The Moravans cannot marry
without the consent Of the elders Of
their church, aud in some cases the
bridegroom has been chosen for the
bride. ThoY seldom marry outside Of
the community and their engagements
nro nearly as solemn as tho mar
riage. The weddings arc very simple,
the sister wearing but black dress
with a white lace handkerchief, and
her pretty cap with its pale pink rib
bon. Which s changed afterward for %
pale blue ribbon when the ceremony
IS finished. There are always two rings
at q Wedding in Germany, as there
married man always wears one which
lac receives from his bride i'm exchange
for his. The Moravians wear no Grape
or mourning for their dead, and they
speak Of them as blessed, and OF the
dying rs "going home They call tho
graveyard Goods acre" and they take
The greatest care OF the graves. But
thcle also is the division ms In the
church, for the men are buried ON one
side Of the cemetery and the women
on the other The Moray.0ns arc all
well educated, and the po rer brethren
among them enjoy the same privileg $
in their excellent schools rs do the
richer brethren. Life among the United
Brethren is simple and unartidcial,
love 10 God and man being their first
principle; and many who have lived
among them bear in their hearts O low
ing memory Of their goodness aud OF
tue pretty little village of Neudieten-
dorf
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-12-29

When / recovered consciousness at
length, found myself lying upon ta-
ble IN the Blacklcy station waiting-room,
with a sympathetic crowd around me,
and, best of all, ! saw face bending ten
derly over me, the face OF the girl Of
my dream and my discontinue After
making two,or three attempts, mana scd
10 ask " Where is Watson l'
Very nigh dead, - replied a ruddy-
faced farmer who stood beside me. ''You
thrce-quarters stunglcd the life out of
his ugly body; he was black in the face
when they lifted YOU of him.
Do you know that he is an escaped
wifc-murdorcr l' / inquired fcebly.
Yes, we know responded my hon
est friend. "Ihc Buriown police tclc-
graphed after the train To have it
searched, because man answering his
description had been seen in the station
before il LETT. The police have got him
safe, my lad, this time, aud no mistake.
Why, | saw him handcuiTcd, and his
arms pinioned behind him, and he a
lying half dead the while after the throt-
tling as you gave him"
DO my readers want 10 hear the rest of
my story, now that the catastrophe is
told If so, l will inform them that
Watson, on breaking loose from the 30.
lice, after turning the corner Of Shut
Lane where il viii be remembered he
disappear contrivcd, 10y an almost
incredible effort, to scale high wall,
and so gain the shelter Of railway en-
bankment. Along this he crcpt until he
reached the midtown tunnel. where he
had lurked all day, until late in the
evening, he crept into the sta m, and
contrived 10 secrctc himself in a carriage
of the midnight mail, with the results
before mentioned
There is one moro incident in close
connection with that journey TO be told ;
1t is this, that there will be MARI age
early this spring. The name OF the
bridegroom will be Knightly; the name
of the bride does not matter. She was
never formally introduced to her future
lord and master, and therefore it is surely
unnecessary 10 tell the name she will soon
cease TO bear, 90 passing acquaintance
like the reader. - . aql5Cris J5aTHa'.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-12-29
NEWS IN BRIEF.
HOMIE AND FOREIGN nuDGEr
important Facts Recorded i'm Con,
else style.
Eastern and Middle sta,c~


DAlRYMEN OF New York state, in session
at Middlctown, petitioncd Congress not e.
change the OleOmargarino act.
GENERAL THOMAS KuRY SMITH, a promi.
nont Federal oilicCr in the civil war, died a
tow days ago in New York lie was horn i'm
Ohio i'm 1921.
a NATIONAL Convention of Republican
Clubs, held for the purpose OF pcrfCcting the
party organization, opened in Now York on
Thursday. About 800 delegates represent
ing twenty three States and tlrce Terri
tories, were present Many prominent party
leaders took part in the proceedings, and
Senator EvartS was made permanent Chair
man. A. incident OF the opening day was
the vociferous cheers accorded 10 "A club which
Club
JOSEPH {. KNIGHT a bookkecper i'm tho
Manufacturers National Bank, Philadelphia
has been committed To prison ON tho charge
OF cmhezzllng $4,000.
ANOTHER letter, in which child labor, la
Dor saving machinery and educational ques-
tons are discussed, has been issued TO tho
knights of Labor from the Orders head
quarters in Philadelphia
FIVE or six men were killed two fatally i'm
Jured and others badly hurt by the explosion
OF tho boiler in tho electric light station at
Wcstchester, Penn. Tho entire building, with
much valuable machinery, was destroyed.
THE platform adopted by the National
Convention of Republican Clubs in New York
lecltcs the work done Tor tho country by tho
Republican party attacks the Presidents mes
sage, declares emphaticnlly for protection 20
homo industries, accuses the Democratic party
OF opposing broad popular cducation,n de
clarcs for IAN honest ballot and n free
count charges tho Administration with
'trampling upon tho just claims of tho SOL
diers of the Republic and alleges that the
Democratic party has used the Civil Service
Tor partisan purposes. A National League OF
Republican Clubs was formed.
Ion. 4
hratcd his eighteth birthday at his home i'm
Danvers, Mass.
THE organization of the National Repub-
lican League was completed at the last days
session in New York by tho election of James
I. Foster OF the New York Young Mems
Republican Club, rs President Twenty.six
Nice-Prcsidents and an Executive Committee
were also chosen. The Leagues headquarters
will be in New York, with n branch at
Washington.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-12-29
LABOR WORLD.

NEARLY sixty THOUSAND men are engaged
n the building trades in New York city.
Ir b. reported tblto manufacturer OF Phil
adclphi1 ls arranging o. establish extensive
architce iural iron works at Dalton. Ca.
MEV ore being taken on gradually a.
hoa.hs Chester shpyard as thoy are needed
and ino payroll Us constantly incrcnsiur
IHE majority OF tho striking shoemakers
have returned 20 work 90 Rochester and Boo
some uf Tho factories tbo mon were conceded
thor demands
OF tho 1900 men engaged boz New York
hnruor as freight handlers. bsatmon aud
loncsh9rcmeu, 800 arc said Co bc unable TO-
find employment
THE international Iron MoldcrF Union re-
ports that it bias now ~ locals with o. t1tnl
membership OF over iG.OJJ The trade is dull
nll over the country.
STATISTICS show that lj4}j persons are
employed boz the fish industry in Maslachu.
setis. Over lO,O0J Of tnos are Americans
about 800 Canadians, COZ Swodcs and 500
lrish
PCHLIC meetings in favor of carly closing
are being hcId n London no. s alleged that
tho average hours of English shop girls and
clerks are from l3 20 10 n day There is an
oarly closing bin now before Parliament
THE second annual convention Of tho M
tional Federation OF labor met iu Baltimore
lately Tho delegates were received by
WV 'iiA N.l. NAI NA NtiN NiNN If'r
don't Gompors. Of the convention. responded
N. B Talbot for the Baltimore Federation of
labor. made am address OF welcome
THF window glass trade IS nourishng. and
stocks are not as heavy a. nt this time last
year There are 6J) pots iu operation in tho
Western District, and only % idle I'm tho
Eastern District 26f are in operation aul 90
Idle, and Boa tho Northern District 1916 pots are
ln operation, with only idle. Tno total mum
ber of pots in operation Ia the Couutry is
lilo.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-12-29
The Art Of Sermon Making.

For number Of years, says the Rev.
A. J. f. Bchrcnd in the Brooklyn Fdqle
] continued TO read half of my sermons
and TO prepare the other half without
use OF the pen. But my written and
speaking styles were out Of harmony. !
found myself living o double mental life.
My preaching lacked uniformity and the
individuality which grows ont of the
use Of a single method so ] abandoned
both methods and adopted the third b.
that Of preparing a careful brief mas
tering its contents without special at.
tcntion TO thc language and then freely
reproducing it in speech and without
the use Of note This has been my
habit for over fifteen cars and j am
sure that for me it is the best The
written preparation ordinarily amounts
90 2, 600 words. ouc-third Of % fully writ
ten discourse. The Thought is put ms
compactly as possible and with special
regard 20 clcarness and precision No
elaboration, either Of argument or OF
imagery, is attempted at the time Of
compositions this IS left TO the subsc-
qucnt review, 20 which an hour and n
half is given Immediately pre- eding tho
service and very much rs left 90 the
friction o. thought which an active and
attentive audience always cxcitcs
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-12-29
Pin This Up In the Kitchen.

Iih THIS Up in the Kitchen.
Ten common.sized eggs weigh one
pound.
Soft butter the size OF an egg weighs
one ounce
One pint Of coffee A sugar weighs
twelve ounces.
One quar-, Of siftei -four (wcll hcaped)
one pound
One pint of best brown sugar weighs
thirteen ounces
Two tcacups (wcll hcapcd) OF coffee A
sugar weigh one pound.
Gwo tcacups OcveD Of granulatcd
sugar weigh one pound.
Two tcacups of soft butter well
packcdl weigh one pound
One and one-ihird pints Of powdered
sugar weigh ono pound.
Two tablespoons of powdered sugar or
flour weigh ouc ounce
One tablespoon (wcll roundcd) Of soft
butter weighs one ounce.
One pint Jheapcd) Of granulated sugar
weighs fourteen ounces.
-Four teaspoons are equal TO one table
spoon.
Two and onc-half tcacups tlevol Of the
best brown sugar weigh one pound.
Two and three fourths tclcups CcveD
OF powdered sugar weigh one pound
One Tablespoonful twell hcaled) OF
granulatcd, coffee a, or best brown sugar,
equals one ounce.
Miss lar.oa says one generous pint Of
liquid, or orc pint of hnely-choppcd
meat packed solidly, weighs one pound,
which it would be very convenient TO re-
member.
Teaspoons vary in size and the new
ones hold about twice as much as an old
fashioned spoon Of thirty years ago. A
mcdlum-sized teaspoon contains about a
diam.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-12-29
Blorine the MAYOR Horn.

Among some Of the numerous corpora.
tion customs in England. SAYS Ctulirs
M1losi0'. may he mentioned The Blowing
OF the Burghmoto Horn, ' by the sound
OF which the members Of the corporation
were, in days gone by, summoned TO-
gcthcr. This custom probably dates
back to Anglo Saxon times, having been
in some places continued until our own
times. 40 Hipon an ancient horn is pre-
served, which rs sounded cycry day. "If
q yisitorshouid remain in tho city, T writes
Mr, Walbrau during the evening be
may ar the sounding OF The Mayor
horn lt formerly announced thc setting
of the watch whence the chief officer Of
the town derived the Saxon style Of
wakcman, but 10 IS now. OF course.
lapscd into n formllity Three blasts.
long dull and dire are given 40 nine
o'clock At tho Mayor door boy his official
horn-blowcr, and ono aftcrward 40 the
market cross, while the seventh bell Of
the cathedral is ringing 10 was ordained
In 1863 that 10 should be- blown at the
four corners OF the cross MO nine o'clock.
sitter which If any house on Che gate
syd within the iownc was robbie ,. " The
wakcman was bound Co compensate the
loss if DO was proved that ho and his ser.
wants did not their dulio ol the time. q"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-12-29

Ma BLAINE was presented ~ President
Carnot Of France, few days since, by
United States Minister Mcfnue
THE German Grown Princes throat disease
ia again reported worao AMI his physician.
Dr Mackenzie. has becu mmmDu.1 iu bot
haste to his royal patients sIo at San
Reno
WILLIAM MCCORMICK. o. poor man rosd
ing at 81 Martins New Brunswick isnlcged
TO have found pot buried iu thc beach con.
tanning $4,000 in gold.
ALMOST "a panic occurred in Vienna
financial circle over th" iucr o-iuk , .pegt
of war with Russia. lut nf. orr' '.ir
prevails throughout Austria and it g feared
that "a great European war is imminent
ly n conflict in Syria between BtI0uius
and Druses the latter had 100 killoi and 800
wounded
THE closing Of factories. ar.sny from DO.
preston in trade in Catalonia. Spain has
resulted boz disorders. Iu.riug thc pol .ea ana !
troops b. preserve order
THKRE is great excitement iu tbr ConaIilu
Northwest territories over on mvaH.u u Of
Mormons Filty families have already tl.ou
land at Fort N'IeoI
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-12-29
Wnshinotnn-

MRS. CLEVELAND has declined n gift OF a
very handsome and expensive jewel cnskct
fent her by an Italian dealer in works Of art
SECRETARY FAGRCuLD has recommended
the establishment OF a marine hospital i'm
New York City
SENATOR FRYEs bin 30 promote the politi
cal and social prosperity ~ tho United States
by providing for q congress Of American Ro
pubhcs 100 Ortobor OF next year was pissed
unanimously by tbo Senate i'm the last Com
grcs7
THE Senate Committee on Education
unanimously ordered favorable report ON
the Blair Education bill
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-12-29
THE HIDDEN CROSS.

How many hearts so brave and true
Are battling day by day
To bear cross their whole lives thro',
Unmurmuring all the way
Tbs cross they bear they do not care
That all the world shall sos,
AS II 10 ask or beg a share
or its cold sympathy.
They do not wish that all should know
The secret OF its power,
Nor even of the hidden WOO
OF many a sleepless hour.
OFT drenched with tears the steps that lead
Up TO the throne of grace.
10 One who hears them when they plead
And never hides His face
John b. HeinStreet, in Inter Ocean.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-12-29
An Electrical Car.

One of the remarkable sights in this
city, says New York letter to the Gin.
cinnati COmmercim G4rliie. is the Julien
electrical car rushing along in a way that
excite degree OF surprise approaching
alarm. The car is the ordinary style
familiar on the streets. painted green.
with bell that rings sharply, and Blk
lamp in front The proprlling power is
invisible. Itconsists of electricity stored
in tanks fitted under seats. The car
spins along at lively rate, if permitted,
and IS undcr perfect control. Ii is
stopped In less time than horses can be
checked, and starts with "A gc1tle facility,
and gains speed as if motion was its
natural condit on and the rests were en-
forced. The one that | saw on Fourth
avenue was gliding ahead, pursued and
IN part surrounded by great swarm Of
boys, who seemed 10 be OF the impression
that they were witnessing a show Of
magic The street car horses did not
like the monster, and pranccd rs if they
proposed going on a strike The cleo
trical car lad load of passengers, and
moved over ordinary tracks in master
ful manner OF course, if tins sort Of
thing can be carried on at a cheap rate.
there will not long be use for horses or
cables. There is difficulty, ] am told,
in the cost OF the plant, and the ques
ton that raises the uncertainty is as to
the endurance OF tho costly plant. It
should be noted that the car, describe
are not run upon specially prepared
tracks, and are not connected with wire,
that arc strcaks Of lightning from dyna.
mos. The running machinery is. Of
course, peculiar, and the clc tricity is
stored. Electricians say that great adj
yances have been made within few
months in the storage Of electricity, and
il it progresses little further the APP
plication Of it will be something infinite.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-12-29

Tho small girl had % request 10 pre.
fer 10 hor mother She wanted 90 be
permitted TO go to the grocery for
something that was needed he was
only q. Her mother said
Well, You can go But mind. you
must not stop on the street and talk 20
the boys"
Mamma, she said. drawing herself
mp to her full height, mamma, you
insult mo"-SaR Fran isco ChrOn-
{ le.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-12-29

Certain proverbs iu The Mahabharata
parallel those found among other ma.
tions. Among these there is the " gold
en- rule, which. however, is formulated
negatively in the sanskrt. "Do not
unto others what thou wouldst not have
Others do unto YOU I'm Chinese. the
maxim also has the negative form, as is
also thc case in The Talmud where the
saying is put in the mouth of Che famous
RABBI Hillel
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-12-29

IT is wrong that the fate Of convicted
murjcrers should be delayed so long.
When once justly convicted they should
DE put through 40 breakneck speed. -
PuCk
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-08-29
The Fair at PlacerviIle.

The Eighth District Agricultural So
ciety's seventeenth annual fair opens at
Placerville tomorrow, and the prospects
are fiattering for the finest exhibition ever
held in that section of the State The fruit
display. especially, will be simply I'M
mense," and without doubt will show such
productiveness as old FL Dorado was never
credited by those living outside her borders
with possessing. The premium list is re-
markably liberal, and has evidently been
arranged by practical people, who have in
an intelligent manner studied the best
manner of placing the funds at their dis
posal to advance the interests of the dis
trict by improving the agricultural and
kindred industries, fostering every branch
OF the mechanic arts and others calculated
to increase the happiness of home life, and
to extend and facilitate the various mining
interests. The speed programme was jul
diciously made out, with purses attractively
large, and all have filled with good horses,
insuring week of fine racing As an in
stance of the enterprise of the Directors of
the Society, it may be mentioned that they
have engaged the First Artillery Band, of
this city-a guarantee that fine music will
be one of the attractions.